Ketapang Regency

Ketapang Regency
Kabupaten Ketapang
Regency

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Location within West Kalimantan

Ketapang was part of Tanjungpura Kingdom
Ketapang Regency
Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia
Ketapang Regency
Ketapang Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1°35′00″S 110°30′00″E / 1.5833°S 110.5000°E / -1.5833; 110.5000
Country Indonesia
Province West Kalimantan
Capital Ketapang
Government
 • Regent Martin Rantan
 • Vice Regent Suprapto S
Area
 • Total 31,240.74 km2 (12,062.12 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 442,090
 • Density 14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code (+62) 534
Website ketapangkab.go.id

Ketapang Regency is a regency in the south of the province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Ketapang Regency occupies an area of 31,240.74 km², and at the census in 2010 it had 427,460 inhabitants following the splitting off of five districts in the north-west of the regency in 2007 to form the new North Kayong Regency; the latest official estimate (as at January 2014) is 442,090. The principal town lies at Ketapang.

Administrative Districts

Following the splitting off of the five districts to form the North Kayong Regency in 2007, the Ketapang Regency now consists of twenty districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their populations at the 2010 Census[1] and their administrative centres:

DistrictPopulation
2010 Census[2]
Kendawagan32,505
Manis Mata24,627
Marau11,901
Singkup6,154
Air Upas16,620
Jelai Hulu15,648
Tumbang Titi23,286
Pemahan4,446
Sungai Melayu Rayak11,650
Matan Hilir Selatan30,528
Benua Kayong35,165
Matan Hilir Utara14,739
Delta Pawan71,509
Muara Pawan13,109
Nanga Tayap27,490
Sandai24,474
Hulu Sungai11,553
Sungai Laur16,702
Simppang Hulu27,847
Simpang Dua7,507

References

  1. ↑ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  2. ↑ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.

Coordinates: 1°35′00″S 110°30′00″E / 1.5833°S 110.5000°E / -1.5833; 110.5000

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